Improvement in rain-water spouting



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Letters Patent No. 93,152, dated July/ 27, 1869.

IMP'ovnMENT 1N RMN-WATER SISUTING.

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of ,the same.

To all whom it may concern.-

-trough in position, and the construction of the conductor which leadsthe water to the cistern.

'lhe trough has lugs on its under side, at suitable intervals, which engage in the slits of forked holders, or brackets, previously secured tothe wall or roof, said attachment `forming 'a very. simple and eective fastening for the trough, and adapting it to be readily applied, adjusted, and detached,

The conductor has an enlargement, at a convenient' point, containing a strainer, or -leaf-eatcher,? and iil teringmaterial; and, at the pointwhere the rainwater* enters the chamber formed by said enlargement, a sleeve-joint is provided, which permits tlic strainer to be readily removed, or the entire length in`which'I the' enlargement is formed, detached, to empty' and' cleanse it. Y

In thedrawings- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a house' provided with my improved rain-wateri spou ing.v

Figure'2 is an'elevation, on :in enlarged scale, of a portion of the eaves-trough and one of its suppo rtir ig` brackets, or holders, representing the manner ot' attaching the former to the' latter:

and slitted, as shown at c', the two bars, Ior members, c't ci, of the fork thus formed, being preferably rounded, more or less, on their under side, as shown.

`The eavestrough A is provided, en its under side, with double slips, or lugs a a a (Q -etc., of tin o'r other suitable metal, correspondingT in position with the brackets C, in the slits c' of which they engage, being subsequently bent up around thebars c'* c'* of said trough in place.

The rounded form of the bars c'i ada-pts 'the slips,or lugs a to be easily bent around them.

Said bars being ot` much greater length than said slips, or lugs, adapts the trough to bc adjusted urelatively to the house, as required.v t t Y Thetrengh thus-mounted may-.readily :be-'removedor detached, for repair, 186e., when required,fwithont at the point where it engages with the conductor, so

brackets.

'lhe trough being supported from beneath, is less liable to `sag or break loose from its'fastenings, and may be moi'e easily mounted than when supported from above, as heretofore they have chiefly been.

Ihespout, or conductor Bis attached to the eaves trough, and to the wall in the usual manner.

ably at or near the surface of the ground, is enlarged, :is represented infigs. 1, 5, and 6, so as to form a cham ble lstrainer, B, forming its,f ca1`i, and also with a v Figures 3 and 4 are detached perspective views, von i .perforated partition, b'r', for th'e 'support of a suitable 'about the same scale as fig. 2, of they parts representedv filtering-material, or materials, such as gravel and in said figure.

Figure 5 isa vertical section, on aseale of aboutl charcoal. ,Y

Leaves.- and other coarse ditte-1: inthe water are half the full size, of a portion ofthe conductor, repre- 1 -eaughtby the strainer B', and finer particles andehem seating the filtering-chamber and its adiunets. L icalimpurities are .separated by thc, iiltering-material Figure 6 is a plan view, partlyin section`,-ot the=partsrepresented in iig.'5. v

A may represent the--eaves-trongh, and l B, the spoilt, or conductor leading from said trough to the cistern.

Both of said parts may, besides the particulars hereinafter specified, be constructed ofthe usual oi" any suitable trm and material.

O G C represent brackets, orholdeisl'armnged along f thee-aves at suitable intervals, and securedtotlie wall by screwsor tacks, as shown,'or te the root' or cornice, in any suitable manner.V for the 'support of the eaves# trough.

fin the chamber-B.- The'strainer B. catching the iarger impurities, re- H quites emptying more oitn' than the chamberB", and iis, therefore, made seigtrately removable. h The entire section 't also adapted to be sepa- The strainer B is provided with a co1lar,'.b in line ,fand corresponding witlrthc conductor propergfor the reception ofthe lower-end of a'section`1 or .sleeveflw` of 'suiicicntly larrer diameter` than. the section above lit to-slidetreely t creen, to krelieve said strainenj-and These brackets are constructed, asseenlmostclcarly E 11 allow" it .andthe'entire length Bto be iemoved,as be.

in tig. 4, with an arm. or extension` Ofivalhp''dm PP- ject at about right angles from: the sidel of the wall,c

brackets, as represented in figs. 1.and 2, to secure the disturbingfits integrity, by simply raising it slightly,

as to clear its'end, and slipping it outward oil of the O ne of its sections, B', at aconvenieiit point, prefer- Zb'er, B", `which is provided with a separately-,removal` rated, to allow said cl1ari1berf]3 to"be emptied, andy Ithe ltering-material cleaused'aud renewed wheide The section B* may communicate directly with the cistern, as represented in iig. 5, or through :my number of interposed sections.

The relative proportions of the various parts are modst accurately shown in figs. 2, 3, -a-rfl 4, and figs. 5 :m 6.

Hoving thus described rny invention, the following is what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentz- 1. The brackets C C c', employed in combination withthe trough A, and attaching plates, or lugs a a., substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. l also claim the. combined arrangement of the chamber B and strniners B"b", with the spout B Bm', for the purposespecified.

To the above specieationof my improvement in rain-water spouting, I have signed my hzmd, this 21st (lary of December, 1861. GARR-ET NVILLIAMS.

Witnesses F. R. WEST, I. Pool.. 

